DOJ
Unseals Indictment Involving Uranium One Scandal

The
Department of Justice unsealed an11-count
indictmenton Friday to a former DoD
intelligence analyst-turned uranium transportation executivewho
stands accused of a bribery and money laundering scheme
involving a Russian nuclear official connected to the Uranium
One deal.

The
indictment corroborates a November report by The
Hill that an FBI mole deeply embedded in the Russian
uranium industry had gathered extensive evidence of the
scheme.

Mark
Lambert, 54, of Mount Airy, Maryland, was charged withone
count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
(FCPA) and to commit wire fraud, seven counts of violating the
FCPA, two counts of wire fraud and one count of international
promotion money laundering.

The
charges stem from an alleged scheme to bribe Vadim
Mikerin, a Russian official at JSC Techsnabexport
(TENEX), a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation
and the sole supplier and exporter of Russian Federation uranium
and uranium enrichment services to nuclear power companies
worldwide, in order to secure contracts with TENEX.

According
to the indictment, beginning at least as early as 2009 and
continuing until October 2014,Lambert
conspired with others at “Transportation Corporation A” to
make corrupt and fraudulent bribery and kickback payments to
offshore bank accounts associated with shell companies,at
the direction of, and for the benefit of, a Russian
official, Vadim Mikerin, in order to secure improper business
advantages and obtain and retain business with TENEX. -DOJ

While
the indictment lists Lambert's company as "Transportation
Corporation A," a simple search reveals thatLambert
is the co-President of DAHER-TLI, "the
leading front end freight forwarding company dedicated to Nuclear
Cargo,"
according to itswebsite.

In
2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commissionsent
a letter to Lambert with findings that TLI
had exported plutonium "in excess of the maximum quantity and type
applied for and licensed," and "exported Australian obligated
material, which was not authorized under license
conditions."

Prior
to his 26 year tenure in the transportation industry - 20 of which
have been with TLI,Mr. Lambert
was an Arabic Linguist for the Navy for five years, and a Senior
Intel Analyst for the Department of Defense(DoD)
for three years.

Lambert
also speaks fluent Arabic and Farsi (Persian), along with French
and Italian.

The
indictment against Lambert corroborates prior reporting
by The
Hillthatan
FBI mole buried deep within the Russian nuclear industry
had gathered extensive evidence of a scheme
involving bribes and kickbacks between Russian nuclear
officials and TLI- which
would have transported the U.S. uranium sold to Russia in
the ’20 percent’ Uranium One deal.

“The
Russians were compromising American contractors in the
nuclear industry with kickbacks and extortion threats, all
of which raised legitimate national security
concerns. And none of that evidence got aired
before the Obama administration made those decisions,”
a person who worked on the case told The Hill, speaking on
condition of anonymity for fear of retribution by U.S. or
Russian officials."

Based
on what the FBI knew – including evidence which purportedly
includes a video of Russians preparing briefcases
of bribe money – the
Uranium One deal never should have gone through. Moreover,
both Robert Mueller and current deputy Attorney General Rod
Rosenstein were directly involved – and current Attorney General
Jeff Sessions and other Justice Department officials appear to be
covering for them.

In
short, the
FBI had ample evidence of the Russian bribery
plot before the Obama administration approved the
Uranium One deal thanks to their embedded mole in the Russian
nuclear industry.

The informant
– outed as energy consultant William Campbell - was “threatened”
by Obama admin AG Loretta Lynch to keep quiet with an iron-clad
gag order, according to his attorney – former Reagan Justice Dept.
official and former Chief Counsel to the Senate Intelligence
Committee Victoria Toensing. After Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-VA) demanded Campbell be allowed to
testify in front of Congress, the gag order was lifted.

Attorney
General Jeff Sessions originally tried to claim
that there was no connection between Uranium One and the nuclear
transport bribery case, however several congressional
republicans pushed back:

“Attorney
General Sessions seemed to say that the bribery, racketeering
and money laundering offenses involving Tenex’s Vadim Mikerin
occurred after the approval of the Uranium One deal by the
Obama administration. But we know that the FBI’s confidential
informant was actively compiling incriminating evidence as far
back as 2009,” Rep. Ron DeSantis, (R-Fla.) told
The Hill.

“It
is hard
to fathom how such a transaction could have been approved
without the existence of the underlying corruption being
disclosed. I hope AG Sessions gets briefed about
the CI and gives the Uranium One case the scrutiny it deserves,”
added DeSantis, whose House Oversight and Government Reform
subcommittees is one of the investigating panels.

Senate
Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a
similar rebuke last week to Rosenstein, saying the deputy
attorney general’s first response to the committee “largely
missed the point” of the congressional investigations.

“The
essential question is whether the Obama Justice Department
provided notice of the criminal activity of certain officials
before the CFIUS approval of the Uranium One deal and other
government decisions that enabled the Russians to trade
nuclear materials in the U.S,” Grassley
scolded."

Meanwhile, journalists
John Solomon and journalist Sara Carter claim to have
copies of the FBI informant’s evidence, while Carter
issued an explosive
reportin late November laying out the
players, the timeline, and the evidence at hand.

“By
the time the sale of Uranium One was approved by the Obama
Administration, the FBI’s investigators had already gathered
substantial evidence and the bureau was also aware of Russia’s
intentions to enter the U.S. energy market and its desire to
purchase a stake in American uranium,” Carter writes.

Highlights:

FBI
mole William Campbell was a highly valued FBI asset - paid
$51,000 by FBI officials at a celebration dinner in Chrystal
City, VA, where Campbell's attorney says they thanked him for
his service.

Campbell was
required by the Russians, under threat, to launder large sums
of money - which allowed the FBI to uncover
a massive Russian "nuclear money laundering apparatus"

Campbell
collected over 5,000 documents and briefs over a six year period

Campbell
uncovered a Russian plot to penetrate the Obama administration
and gain approval for the Uranium One sale, including a 2010
email which describes "Russia's
intent on expanding its Uranium expansion in the
United States."

“This
is not just about bribery and kickbacks but about a U.S. company
that was transporting yellow-cake for the Russians with our
approval,” an unnamed U.S. Intelligence official told
Carter, adding “This
should raise serious questions. At the time
everyone was concerned about Russia’s ties to Iran, we still are.
And of course, Russia’s intentions and reach into the U.S. energy
market.”

Given
Friday's unsealed indictment, however it looks like the DOJ may
have changed their tune on Campbell.If
so, perhaps that "briefcase full of bribe money" video will
finally see the light of day.